Gopher Genealogy by Susan LeBlanc provides information about research, lectures, published articles and book reviews, and Serendipity Moments that are the results of searching for ancestors both personally and for clients. The objective of the blog is for others to receive insight and inspiration in doing their family history research. It is an evolving method of communication and input from reviewers is welcome.

Defense Housing Projects Built for the Shipyards on the Columbia River

The Cole Family Migration to Portland, Oregon: World War II

June 2009 Oregon History From Statehood to Today

Editor Letter with Mickey Sieracki

June 2010

The Family of Gedeon Senecal

September 2010- Scandinavian Research

Editor Letter

The “Wilsons” of Wilsonville with Vicki Bonagofski

December 2010Genealogy Education - Enhance Your Research

March 2011

Reference Books for the Genealogist Wish List

June 2011 – German Research

Editor Letter

The Moehnke Family Moves to the New World with Mildred Wallace and Marian Bluhm Martinsen

December 2011 - Revolutionary WarThe Revolutionary War Patriots of the Amos Tidd Family

Researching Massachusetts RecordsMarch 2012 - War of 1812Editor Letter
Adril Gates - War of 1812 Soldier and POWOregon Marriage and Divorce Records at the GFOJune 2012 - Miscelaneous WarsOregon County Research - Clackamas County Records Office MaterialsSeptember 2012 - Miscelaneous TopicsThe Ruby M. Harvey Collection and the Poem "Little Giffin"December 2012 - Land RecordsOften Overlooked Land Records at Familysearch.orgUnderused Microfilm and Micorfiche at the GFOMarch 2013 - Immigration RecordsStephen P. Morse and the One-Step Website Living In The United States As a First Generation ImmigrantGFO Microfilm Cabinets, US Material and Then by StatesJune 2013 - Indian WarsGFO Microfilm Cabinets, US Material and Then by States, Part II by Vicki Bonagofski and Susan LeBlanc, AG September 2013 - Miscelaneous TopicsHistory of the GFO Bulletin - 62 Years by Susan Olsen LeBlanc, AGBulletin Extracts and Indexes 1953-2013 compiled by Susan LeBlancDecember 2013 - Migration PatternsBulletin Cemetery Records, Extracts and Indexes 1957-2001December 2014 - The Jower Family of St. Johns, OregonDecember 2016 - Genealogy Serendipity Moments - The John P. Riggs FamilyDecember 2019 - The Life and Collections of Rose Ewing Watts (1868-1859) of Scappoose, Columbia County, Oregon

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